IEW Gradebook vs Jupiter

IEW Gradebook is a web subscription for organizing grading and student submissions. It places a student paper beside the IEW Checklist, identifies checklist elements, and offers comments teachers can insert with one click. Microsoft Word and Google Docs files are accepted, and teachers can sync work from Google Classroom or allow direct submissions. Classroom views show whether work is missing, submitted, or graded. The gradebook records assignment scores, calculates quarterly, semester, and yearly averages, and tracks mastery of structure and style techniques. For direct submissions, teachers can collect KWOs, rough drafts, and final drafts, then compare a final draft with an earlier version. Its checklists are limited to specified Structure and Style for Students and Writing Across the Curriculum titles. The program is designed for laptops and desktops and has no mobile support. Plans range from $25 a month for 50 submissions to $80 a month for 1000 submissions; a Classroom Add-on is $5 a month. A free trial option is offered, with no duration stated.

Jupiter combines a Learning Management System and Student Information System for public K–12 schools, from small charter schools to districts with hundreds of thousands of students. Its gradebook lets teachers manage homework, tests, and essays, with entry by points, percentages, letter grades, or rubrics, as well as grid, assignment, student, and seating-chart methods. Teachers can accept online file submissions, grade them, import from Google Drive or Dropbox, and use Paste Blocker and Lockdown. Integrations include Google Classroom LTI, Clever, and hundreds of learning apps. Jupiter can synchronize students, staff, courses, sections, and rosters nightly with third-party SIS platforms. It provides mobile apps for Android, iPhone, and iPad, and browser access on Chromebook, Mac, and Windows without plug-ins. Jupiter states that it is FERPA compliant, encrypts data in transit and at rest, and supports two-factor authentication and role-based restrictions. Pricing is on request. There is no free plan, but a free trial is available; Scheduler, Enrollment, Payments, and State Reporting are optional upgrades.